lmao Firefox billing itself an "indie browser" when poking you to make it the default is straight up disingenuous
I mean, you don't have to say out loud that it's basically Google's anti-antitrust insurance, but let's not err too far on the other side either...
@fasterthanlime I'm using Firefox, but will drop it immediately once servo/verso meets my needs 🦀
y'all, if a non-profit's livelihood depends entirely on one big corporate sponsor... is it indie?
no. no it's not. mozillians know that. only their fan base keeps deluding themselves. and their new marketing plays into that. it's ridiculous and transparent.
(nobody on the fediverse seems too confused about it but my bluesky replies are a trash fire of anger and denial)
@fasterthanlime @jokeyrhyme https://github.com/versotile-org/verso "a web browser built on top of the Servo web engine"
@fasterthanlime so which browser is indie ? The ladybird ?
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here's where "indie browser" appears in the firefox sources btw, if you thought I straight up made stuff up: https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/search?q=indie+browser&path=&case=false®exp=false
(it's even preceded by a fun comment)
and here's a May 2025 article from bloomberg explaining why Google sponsors Firefox, if my original post sounded like a conspiracy theory to you: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-05-05/why-google-keeps-paying-mozilla-s-firefox-even-as-chrome-dominates
@jplatte woops, I've been rewatching Back To The Future, my bad